Crime Rates at Searles Road, London, SE1 4YL

Searles Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Newington , and the 353rd highest crime rate of 799 local areas in Southwark .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Searles Road (SE1 4YL) in the last 12 months was 134.5 per 1,000 residents and was 17.2% lower than the Newington average (162.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 266.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Searles Road (SE1 4YL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nursery Row, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Street (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.